By Jemma Slingo2021-01-26T11:54:00+00:00
A range of new Covid measures are to be introduced at magistrates’ courts, as lawyers continue to flag ‘daily failings’ in safety standards.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service is to pilot a technique called ‘misting’ at around 60 magistrates’ courts nationwide, with a focus on London. This involves spraying surfaces with an antiviral disinfectant which settles and purportedly safeguards a single room for up to 28 days. The courts service said this will allow more people to use custody suites without compromising their safety.
TfL uses misting to disinfect its tube carriages
Source: Transport for London/Alamy Stock Photo
Heathrow Airport evacuation: First picture of grenade found in luggage as man is sentenced
The prohibited item was spotted during security checks in the departures area
Specialist officers confirmed it posed no threat to staff or passengers (Image: Metropolitan Police)
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A man has been sentenced after he admitted having a decommissioned grenade in his luggage at Heathrow Airport.
Image via Met Police of the item seized by police. A man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after attempting to bring a hand grenade through customs at Heathrow Airport recently, forcing an evacuation. The 19-year-old Italian national was sentenced to to two-months imprisonment, suspended for one year, and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £128 after a court hearing at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Monday. He was previously charged by police with carrying a prohibited article in an aerodrome and pleaded guilty to the offence. The hand grenade, which was later found to be de-commissioned, was spotted by customs officials working in Heathrow Departures, as a spokesperson for the Met described.
Image via Met Police of the item seized by police. A man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after attempting to bring a hand grenade through customs at Heathrow Airport recently, forcing an evacuation. The 19-year-old Italian national was sentenced to to two-months imprisonment, suspended for one year, and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £128 after a court hearing at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Monday. He was previously charged by police with carrying a prohibited article in an aerodrome and pleaded guilty to the offence. The hand grenade, which was later found to be de-commissioned, was spotted by customs officials working in Heathrow Departures, as a spokesperson for the Met described.